Simulating Teamwork for Better Decision Making in Pediatric Emergency Medical Services.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are an essential component of health systems and are critical to the provision of pediatric emergency care. Challenges in this setting include fast pace, need for advanced teamwork, situational awareness and limited resources. The purpose of this study was to identify human factors-related obstacles during care delivery by EMS teams that could lead to inefficiencies and patient safety issues.

Public Perceptions on Why Women Receive Less Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Than Men in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

Background: Women who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) less often than men. Understanding public perceptions of why this occurs is a necessary first step toward equitable application of this potentially life-saving intervention.

Methods: We conducted a national survey of members of the public using Mechanical Turk, Amazon's crowdsourcing platform, to determine reasons why women might receive bystander CPR less often than men.